Saving Newborns

South Africa HNN Team

South Africa is praised for its fast progress in increasing post-natal survival rates due to HIV programmes, but Lawn warned that this hid the fact that the country’s newborn death rate was “flatlining."   

Improving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Save the Children is working with the Ministry of Health in Tajikistan to improve maternal, newborn and child health.

Kangaroo Mothers: All it takes is a mother’s touch to save a baby’s life

Tanzania, United Republic of HNN Team

To minimise the unnecessary deaths of premature newborns, Tanzania launched a new initiative called Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) at the Muhimbili National Hospital in August last year.

Africa: Breastfeeding Prevents Child’s Death

Liberia HNN Team

The report also calls on governments to make their health systems stronger to promote, protect and support breastfeeding. This, the report said, should include the provision of adequate funding to long term health worker training, recruitment, support and retention.

Pakistan: Breastfeeding in first hour of birth can save 53,000 annually: Report

Pakistan HNN Team

"Despite all the benefits of breastfeeding, just over a quarter of Pakistani children are breastfed exclusively.”  

Sharp fall in breastfeeding figures makes Asia Pacific “biggest cause for concern” – report

Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam HNN Team

But countries such as India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam “have made no progress on improving exclusive breastfeeding, despite having some of the highest burdens of child mortality,” said the report.    

Report: Superfood for Babies

HNN Team

“The earlier moms start breastfeeding the more likely they are to continue breastfeeding for the first six months. And that has tremendous health benefits for babies,” she said.

Breastfeeding most beneficial in ‘power hour’

HNN Team

"It’s that early milk (called colostrum) that’s so important. It has a lot of immunizing powers."

Baby health crisis in Indonesia as formula companies push products

Indonesia HNN Team

Indonesia’s child mortality rates, at 35 per 1,000, are high anyway, but in the lowest wealth quintile, mortality is nearly five times higher than in the wealthiest.

Save the Children’s Organizations Merged

HNN Team

Save the Children’s three organizations; UK, US and Sweden have ended the long term process of merging all the three organizations in South Sudan under the umbrella of Save the Children International.